Alpek to close Pennsylvania PET recycling plant

Alpek has confirmed it will close a PET recycling plant in Pennsylvania, citing deteriorating market conditions in the US bottle-recovery sector. The company has not disclosed the site name, annual throughput, headcount or a closure timeline. The move adds to a series of PET reclaim capacity reductions across North America since 2023.

Why this mattersAnother US PET reclaim exit tightens food-grade rPET supply just as state recycled-content mandates are escalating demand on converters.

• Alpek will close a PET recycling plant in Pennsylvania, per a Plastics News report
• No site name, closure date, annual throughput or employee count has been disclosed
• Reason cited is worsening US bottle-recovery market conditions
• Closure follows a wave of PET recycling capacity reductions in North America since 2023
• California, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington and Maine have enacted rPET minimum recycled-content thresholds escalating through the decade

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